The Joy Formidable press release

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!
or
BAH HUMBUG EVERYONE!!!

Our European stint with Temper Trap has kindled the festive spirit; chesnuts, baubles and hot punch – so with only a few weeks away we ‘re sharing our Christmas song, ‘My Beerdrunk soul is sadder than a hundred dead Christmas trees’. It is free to download from http://www.musicglue.com/thejoyformidable and we have a video made by our friend Judderman that can be viewed at the top of our myspace page, http://www.myspace.com/thejoyformidable .

To continue the good cheer we’ll be playing a special show at London’s Barfly for the very tasty Sailor Jerry’s Rum on December 21st. Pre sale tickets have now sold out, but there will be some tickets on the door. We can not guarantee entry to the show, but we’ll be about for a few drinks before and after. Visit http://www.tinyurl.com/tjfbarfly for details.

We are very happy that the brilliant Baddies will be joining us on our forthcoming UK tour. If you haven’t already done so, check them out at http://www.myspace.com/baddies . We’ll be announcing the opening support acts in the New Year. The Cambridge show has sold out, and some of the other venues are not far behind. You can get tickets from http://www.musicglue.com/thejoyformidable .

March 2010.
Tues 9 Glasgow King Tuts.
Wed 10 Aberdeen Snafu.
Thurs 11 Inverness Madhatters.
Fri 12 Dundee Fat Sams.
Sun 14 Manchester Ruby Lounge.
Mon 15 Liverpool Korova.
Tues 16 Nottingham Bodega.
Wed 17 Leeds Cockpit.
SOLD OUT Fri 19 Cambridge Portland. SOLD OUT.
Sat 20 Birmingham Academy 2.
Sun 21 Oxford Academy 2.
Sun 22 Brighton Audio.
Wed 24 London Electric Ballroom
Thurs 25 Southampton Joiners.
Fri 26 Bristol Start the Bus.
Sat 27 Cardiff Barfly.
Mon 29 Northampton Roadmender.
Tues 30 Sheffield Academy 2.
Wed 31 Newcastle Academy 2.

April 2010.
Thurs 1 Wrexham Central Station.

The Joy Formidable wile also be playing additional shows on our forthcoming trip to New York at Union Hall and Pianos, as well as the Passion Pit support gigs at Terminal 5. Full details below along with our European shows with The Temper Trap AND not forgetting a headlining show this friday at Norwich Arts Centre (We’ll also be playing an acoustic instore at local record shop soundclash at 5.30pm. visit http://www.soundclash-records.co.uk for details).

December 2009.
Friday 11 Norwich arts Centre (headline show).
Thur 17 Holland Nikmegan Doonroosje w/The Temper Trap.
Fri 18 France Paris Nouveau Casino w/The Temper Trap.
Sat 19 Belgium Brussels Botangique w/The Temper Trap.
Sun 20 Holland Amsterdam Melkweg w/The Temper Trap.
Mon 21 Lodon Barfly (Sailor Jerry Party headline show).

January 2010.
Fri 8 USA New York Terminal 5 w/Passion Pit.
Sat 9 USA New York Terminal 5 w/Passion Pit.
Mon 11 USA New York Union Hall.
Tue 12 USA New York Pianos.

February 2010.
Sun 21 Norway Oslo John Dee w/The Temper Trap.
Mon 22 Denmark Copenhagen Vega w/The Temper Trap.
Tue 23 Denmark Copenhagen Vega w/The Temper Trap.
Wed 24 Sweden Stockholm Debaser Slussen w/The Temper Trap.
Fri 26 Germany Hamburg Molotow w/The Temper Trap.
Sat 27 Germany Berlin Postbahnhof w/The Temper Trap.
Sun 28 Germany Cologne Gloria w/The Temper Trap.

March 2010.
Tue 2 Germany Munich Atomic Café w/The Temper Trap.
Wed 3 Germany Frankfurt Nachtleben w/The Temper Trap.